The Crossroads

I bought this DVD because I'm very interested in the battle in the Ardennes. The cover of the DVD did give me that last push saying: "This thrilling beyond measures thriller of war shows in a precise realistic way how some heroes were prepared to give everything for our freedom." My expectations were way to high to enjoy the movie. It does look more like a nice registration of a well orchestrated reenactment. No historical site seeing, it more like a day in the woods. Another thing, the spoken language is French, not English as the cover reads. If it had french subtitles it would have served me more, studying a little french on the way. I think that if I knew before that this was a B movie, I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

This is probably one of the worst war films I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Its my fault really; I took a chance buying the DVD before reading any reviews. Nowhere on the case did it state that it was a French film, (nothing wrong with that!) or it had English subtitles, (nothing wrong with that either)! The problem is that this apology for a warfilm substitutes American 82nd Airborne troops with second rate French actors, and expects the viewer to make the mental leap necessary for this film to be credible. Unfortunately I found this prospect impossible. Add a poor storyline and, as I said, second rate acting and all of the weapons sounding the same; what you end up with is a total waste of time. AVOID THIS FILM LIKE THE PLAGUE!

Cheap looking movie, US soldiers speaking French, poor acting, not worth the 5 euro I paid for this DVD. Just a bunch of reactment guys who made a weekend homemovie to show the uniforms and equipment they bought.